Monthly Archives: 03/31/2012

By Gretchen Williams, Cuisine Writer
Colorful tajine chimneys speak of Morocco, while classic Nicoise salad makes delicious work of rare Ahi tuna with a French accent. All the flavors, scents and spices surrounding the Mediterranean Sea come together at Boubouffe.
Spare, modern and European feeling, the café is bathed with light and sea bree

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By John Farrell
For nearly 28 years now, since they were founded on Cinco de Mayo in San Francisco's Mission District, the three members of Culture Clash, Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza, have been delighting audiences with their vivid, iconoclastic and very funny takes on everything from the Los Angeles Dodgers (see

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By John Farrell
It's an intriguing idea: have two wonderful singing actresses portray Siamese twins, joined (literally) at the hip and destined to live their lives together.
Side Show did just that, and the show lasted on Broadway for just 97 performances a decade and a half ago.
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By John Farrell
A 15th annual miracle will take place at Point Fermin Park in San Pedro this summer. Putting together Shakespeare by the Sea can be considered a miracle because of the amount of work it takes to produce.
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By John Farrell
In true surrealist tradition, the opera started early.
Well, not really. The peripatetic Long Beach Opera company offered its second production of the year, Tears of a Knife and The Breasts of Tiresias, at the Center Theater of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center on a weekend between International

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By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor
Trusela’s Ristorante has built a stellar reputation for great food and great service throughout the past few years, a testament to Bob Trusela’s three decades in the hospitality industry. But within the past several months, patrons have been going home with an even warmer and fuzzier

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Editor’s Note: Every year Random Lengths offer Valentines Day recommendations for that special someone in your life. Last month, over dinner and a conversation with a friend who’s also a chef, I asked him what’s the best Valentines Day gift you give or do for your significant other. He was an older gent

By John Farrell
Somebody said that to destroy someone you just have to give them what they wish for.
In Norm Foster's delightful The Love List, at Little Fish Theatre through April 7, that aphorism is proven true, even if the players don't actually want to destroy each other.
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